Why do they use the English term, "hashtag?" Can't they think of a nice twenty-seven letter word of their own? And how did "hashtag" usurp the other meanings of the symbol that used to mean "number" and sometimes still does mean "pound?"

So - I am a bit behind the times. I just put Goofy's link into Google Translate and came up with:

Claus Junghanns has written Internet and campaign history, at least a bit. The CDU politician from Frankfurt on the Oder is the first to use Twitter on his own hashtag #fedidwgugl, he is the hashtag pioneer of the Union. For the fact that #fedidwgugl has something to do with the Christian Democrats was made clear by the local announcement: Konrad-Adenauer-Haus, the political switch and power center of the CDU in the capital.

Originally posted by Geoff:Why do they use the English term, "hashtag?" Can't they think of a nice twenty-seven letter word of their own? And how did "hashtag" usurp the other meanings of the symbol that used to mean "number" and sometimes still does mean "pound?"

It so happens that I have found myself going slightly deaf lately. Not seriously, but enough to miss the occasional word. Next time I go to the doctor for a checkup I'll mention it. I turned on text captions when watching TV.

I noticed that, when indicating the lyrics of a song, the captions use two symbols: the UK Pound (£) sign and the hash (#) sign. I've theorised that (at least) two companies or people wrote the captions; when they asked how to indicate the music they were told "Use a pound sign"

Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.

I'm not a doctor (though I have seen one on TV) but I had the same problem occasionally over many years. Invariably it was impacted ear wax. The odd thing is it was always my right ear and never the left.

Give a man a fish and he can eat for one day; give a man a fishing pole and he will find an excuse to never work again.Nollidj is power.

RE: deafness: I didn't know my biological father well (he & my Mom divorced when I was 9 mos old & my adoptive Dad started dating my Mom when I was 2y.o.)-- but got to know him a bit later on & started worrying when I saw that in 70's he was wearing 2 hearing aids Also my Mom suffered from that other sort of hearing impairment, where background noise (even a low-speed fan) makes it hard to hear...

My kids all studied audio engrg. A good 15 yrs ago (when I was still in my early '50's), I remember my eldest correcting me & noting: 'you're missing the sound of the initial consonant, that's the first sign!'

I read an article recently that said young kids are having hearing losses at an alarming level. I can't find that article, but I did find this online site about it. I've wondered about all those ear buds I see, particularly when I can hear their songs loudly, and they are wearing them!